GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH THE ORDER OF DIVINE SERVICE

(Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod) FOR

LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
MAUNDY THURSDAY
April 21, 2011

MAUNDY THURSDAY
PRAYER UPON ENTERING CHURCH Pre-Service Music O Lord, We Praise Thee - Heinrich Scheidemann
O Lord, We Praise Thee - Kevin Hildebrand
Gracious God and Father of my Lord Jesus Christ, You have loved me with an
everlasting love and through Your Son You have given me refuge in Your infinite mercy. Prelude O Lord, We Praise Thee - Samuel Scheidt
By grace You have given me pardon and peace. As I have received this mercy through
the once and for all sacrifice of Jesus, You have called me to love my neighbor and show Ringing of the Church Bell
mercy to him. Empower me by Your Holy Spirit to love You with all my heart, mind,
Please rise and face the processional cross
strength and soul, and to love my neighbor as myself. In Jesus’ name. Amen
WELCOME Processional Hymn: O Lord, We Praise Thee LSB 617

It is a blessing to have you here for Maundy Thursday. May this Service bless
you, strengthening your faith through God’s promise of eternal life through the
forgiveness of sins. May it further result in you living your life in service to Him and Confession and Absolution
your neighbor as your sanctified response to the Good News of salvation in Christ Jesus.
Maundy Thursday takes its name from the new command (mandate) Jesus gave The sign of the cross may be made by all in remembrance of their Baptism.
on this night, “just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.” (John 13:34)
Tonight we are encouraged to heed His call to love and serve as He has loved and served Invocation
us. This evening we consider how the Lord has had mercy on us and made us right with P In the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Him even though He had every reason not to do so. In the same way we are called to C Amen
share this grace with others so that they too might be reconciled to God. While we P The cup of blessing that we bless, 1 Cor. 10:16-17, 31, 11:26
struggle with loving those we find unlovable, we must remember that our sin made us C Is it not a participation in the blood of Christ?
unlovable in God’s sight. Yet out of His great mercy He chose to show His love for us in P The bread that we break,
Christ Jesus. In Him we find true humility through His humble service given to us and C Is it not a participation in the body of Christ?
He reminds us that “a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater P Because there is one bread,
than one who sent him. If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.” C We who are many are one body, for we all partake of that one bread.
HOLY COMMUNION P So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
C For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death
This evening we celebrate Holy Communion with the confidence that we receive until He comes.
from the Lord what He has most assuredly promised, forgiveness of our sins and strength
for our faith unto eternal life. If you are not a member of Grace Congregation and desire Instructions Announcing the End of Lent
to receive this Sacrament of Christ’s body and blood, His Real Presence, we ask that you
first speak with our Pastor so that the unity of faith might be established. Thank you for P In this Lenten Season we have heard our Lord's call to intensify our struggle against sin,
death and the devil — all that keeps us from loving God and each other. This is the
honoring this request.
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 struggle to which we were committed at Baptism; God's forgiveness and the power of His
Spirit to amend our lives continue with us because of His love for us in Jesus, our Savior.
Within the community of His Church, God never wearies of giving peace and new life.
In the words of Absolution we receive forgiveness as from God Himself.
This Absolution we should not doubt, but firmly believe that thereby our sins are forgiven
before God in heaven, for it comes to us in the name and by the command of our Lord.
We who receive God's love in Jesus Christ are called to love one another, to be servants
to each other as Jesus became our servant.
It is, however, in the Holy Communion that the members of Christ's body participate most
intimately in His love. Remembering our Lord's last supper with His disciples, we eat the
bread and share the cup of this meal. Together we receive the Lord's gift of Himself, His
body and blood, and participate in that new covenant which makes us one in Him. The
Eucharist is the promise of the great banquet we will share with all the faithful when our
Lord returns, the culmination of our reconciliation with God and each other.
Corporate Confession and Absolution
Exhortation
P I will go to the altar of God,
C to God my exceeding joy.
P Our help is in the name of the Lord,
C who made heaven and earth.
Confession of Sins
Confessional Address
P Beloved in the Lord, it is our intention to receive the Holy Supper of our Lord Jesus
Christ, in which he strengthens our faith by giving us His body to eat and His blood to
drink. Therefore, it is proper that we diligently examine ourselves, as St. Paul urges us to
do, for this holy Sacrament has been instituted for the special comfort of those who are
troubled because of their sin and who humbly confess their sins, fear God's wrath, and
hunger and thirst for righteousness.
But when we examine our hearts and consciences, we find nothing in us but sin and
death, from which we are incapable of delivering ourselves. Therefore, our Lord Jesus
Christ has had mercy on us. For our benefit He became man so that He might fulfill for
us the whole will and law of God and, to deliver us, took upon Himself our sin and the
punishment we deserve.
So that we may more confidently believe this and be strengthened in the faith and in holy
living, our Lord Jesus Christ took bread, broke it, and gave it to His disciples and said:
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"Take, eat; this is My body, which is given for you." It is as if He said, "I became man,
and all that I do and suffer is for your good. As a pledge of this, I give you My body to
eat."
In the same way also He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying: "Drink of
it, all of you; this cup is the new testament in My blood, which is shed for you for the
forgiveness of sins." Again, it is as if He said, "I have had mercy on you by taking into
Myself all your iniquities. I give Myself into death, shedding My blood to obtain grace
and forgiveness of sins, and to comfort and establish the new testament, which gives
forgiveness and everlasting salvation. As a pledge of this, I give you My blood to drink."
Therefore, whoever eats this bread and drinks this cup, confidently believing this Word
and promise of Christ, dwells in Christ and Christ in him and has eternal life.
We should also do this in remembrance of Him, showing His death—that He was
delivered for our offenses and raised for our justification. Giving Him our most heartfelt
thanks, we take up our cross and follow Him and, according to His commandment, love
one another as He has loved us. For we are all one bread and one body, even as we are all
partakers of this one bread and drink from the one cup. For just as the one cup is filled
with the wine of many grapes and one bread made from countless grains, so also we,
being many, are one body in Christ. Because of Him, we love one another, not only in
word, but in deed and in truth.
May the almighty and merciful God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, by His Holy
Spirit, accomplish this in us.
C Amen
P Having heard the Word of God, let us confess our sins to Him, imploring Him for the
sake of His Son Jesus Christ to grant us forgiveness.
C O almighty God, merciful Father, I, a poor, miserable sinner, confess unto You all
my sins and iniquities with which I have ever offended You and justly deserved
Your temporal and eternal punishment. But I am heartily sorry for them and
sincerely repent of them, and I pray You of Your boundless mercy and for the sake
of the holy, innocent, bitter sufferings and death of Your beloved Son, Jesus Christ,
to be gracious and merciful to me, a poor sinful being.
P God be merciful to you and strengthen your faith.
C Amen
P Do you believe that the forgiveness I speak is not my forgiveness but God's?
C Yes
P Let it be done for you as you believe.
In the stead and by the command of my Lord Jesus Christ I forgive you all your sins in
the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit.
C Amen
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Blessing
P Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit,
soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls
you is faithful; He will surely do it. Go T in peace.
C Amen
P Let us pray.
O Lord, in this wondrous Sacrament You have left us a remembrance of Your passion.
Grant that we may so receive the sacred mystery of Your body and blood that the fruits of
Your redemption may continually be manifest in us; for You live and reign with the
Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

Service of the Word

Introit Psalm 116:1– 4; antiphon: Psalm 116:5 Sit

P Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; Old Testament Reading Exodus 12:1–14
C our God is merciful.
P I love the LORD, because he has heard The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, “This month shall be for you the
C my voice and my pleas for mercy. beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year for you. Tell all the congregation
of Israel that on the tenth day of this month every man shall take a lamb according to their
P Because he inclined his ear to me, fathers’ houses, a lamb for a household. And if the household is too small for a lamb, then he
C therefore I will call on him as long as I live. and his nearest neighbor shall take according to the number of persons; according to what
each can eat you shall make your count for the lamb. Your lamb shall be without blemish, a
P The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; male a year old. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats, and you shall keep it until
C I suffered distress and anguish. the fourteenth day of this month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall
P Then I called on the name of the LORD: kill their lambs at twilight.
C “O LORD, I pray, deliver my soul!” “Then they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the
houses in which they eat it. They shall eat the flesh that night, roasted on the fire; with
P Gracious is the LORD, and righteous;
unleavened bread and bitter herbs they shall eat it. Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water,
C our God is merciful. but roasted, its head with its legs and its inner parts. And you shall let none of it remain until
the morning; anything that remains until the morning you shall burn. In this manner you shall
eat it: with your belt fastened, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you
Salutation and Collect of the Day shall eat it in haste. It is the LORD’s Passover. For I will pass through the land of Egypt that
night, and I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on all the
gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the LORD. The blood shall be a sign for you, on
the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will
befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.
“This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the LORD;
throughout your generations, as a statute forever, you shall keep it as a feast.”

P This is the Word of the Lord.

C Thanks be to God.

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Gradual Hebrews 9:12a, c, 15a; Psalm 111:9a

[Christ] entered once for all into the holy places by means of | his own blood,*
thus securing an eternal re- | demption.
Therefore he is the mediator of a new | covenant,*
so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal in- | heritance.
He sent redemption to his | people;* Holy Gospel Matthew 26:17-35
he has commanded his covenant for- | ever.
P The Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew, the twenty-sixth chapter.
Epistle 1 Corinthians 11:23–32

For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night
when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This
is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way also he took
the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as
you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you
proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner
will be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord. Let a person examine himself,
then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For anyone who eats and drinks without
discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself. That is why many of you are weak
and ill, and some have died. But if we judged ourselves truly, we would not be judged. But
when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned along
with the world.
P This is the Word of the Lord.
C Thanks be to God.
Stand
Verse of the Day John 13:1b
P Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
Verse for Lent
Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Where will
you have us prepare for you to eat the Passover?” He said, “Go into the city to a certain man
and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house
with my disciples.’” And the disciples did as Jesus had directed them, and they prepared the
Passover.
When it was evening, he reclined at table with the twelve. And as they were eating, he said,
“Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” And they were very sorrowful and began to
say to him one after another, “Is it I, Lord?” He answered, “He who has dipped his hand in
the dish with me will betray me. The Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that
man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had
not been born.” Judas, who would betray him, answered, “Is it I, Rabbi?” He said to him,
“You have said so.”
Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the
disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.” And he took a cup, and when he had given
thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the covenant,
which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. I tell you I will not drink again of
this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”
And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. Then Jesus said to
them, “You will all fall away because of me this night. For it is written, ‘I will strike the
shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’ But after I am raised up, I will go
before you to Galilee.” Peter answered him, “Though they all fall away because of you, I will
never fall away.” Jesus said to him, “Truly, I tell you, this very night, before the rooster
crows, you will deny me three times.” Peter said to him, “Even if I must die with you, I will
not deny you!” And all the disciples said the same.

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 P This is the Gospel of the Lord. who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified,
who spoke by the prophets.
And I believe in one holy Christian and apostolic Church,
I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins,
and I look for the resurrection of the dead
and the life T of the world to come. Amen
Sit
Prayer of the Church
Sermon Hymn: We Sing the Praise of Him Who Died LSB 429
P Let us pray for the whole Church of God in Christ Jesus and for all people according to
their needs.
Sermon Joshua 20:7-9
“Refuge” Each petition ends with the following:

Stand P Lord, in Your mercy,

C hear our prayer.
Nicene Creed
The prayers conclude with the following:
C I believe in one God,
the Father Almighty, P Into Your hands, O Lord, we commend all for whom we pray, trusting in Your mercy;
maker of heaven and earth through Your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.
and of all things visible and invisible. C Amen
And in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the only-begotten Son of God, Sit
begotten of His Father before all worlds,
God of God, Light of Light, Offering We Sing the Praise of Him Who Died – Herbert Gotsch
very God of very God, begotten, not made,
being of one substance with the Father, Stand
by whom all things were made;
who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven
and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary Offertory
and was made man;
and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate.
He suffered and was buried.
And the third day He rose again according to the Scriptures
and ascended into heaven
and sits at the right hand of the Father.
And He will come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead,
whose kingdom will have no end.
And I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Lord and giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,

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 Proper Preface

P It is truly good, right, and salutary that we should at all times and in all places give thanks
to You, holy Lord, almighty Father, everlasting God, through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who
accomplished the salvation of mankind by the tree of the cross that, where death arose,
there life also might rise again and that the serpent who overcame by the tree of the
garden might likewise by the tree of the cross be overcome. Therefore with angels and
archangels and with all the company of heaven we laud and magnify Your glorious name,
evermore praising You and saying:

Service of the Sacrament

Sanctus
Preface

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Prayer of Thanksgiving Lord's Prayer
P Blessed are You, Lord of heaven and earth, for You have had mercy on those whom You C Our Father who art in heaven,
created and sent Your only-begotten Son into our flesh to bear our sin and be our Savior. hallowed be Thy name,
With repentant joy we receive the salvation accomplished for us by the all-availing Thy kingdom come,
sacrifice of His body and His blood on the cross. Thy will be done on earth
as it is in heaven;
Gathered in the name and the remembrance of Jesus, we beg You, O Lord, to forgive, give us this day our daily bread;
renew, and strengthen us with Your Word and Spirit. Grant us faithfully to eat His body and forgive us our trespasses
and drink His blood as He bids us do in His own testament. Gather us together, we pray, as we forgive those
from the ends of the earth to celebrate with all the faithful the marriage feast of the Lamb who trespass against us;
in His kingdom, which has no end. Graciously receive our prayers; deliver and preserve and lead us not into temptation,
us. To You alone, O Father, be all glory, honor, and worship, with the Son and the Holy but deliver us from evil.
Spirit, one God, now and forever. For Thine is the kingdom
C Amen and the power and the glory
forever and ever. Amen

The Words of Our Lord Pax Domini

P Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night when He was betrayed, took bread, and when He had
given thanks, He broke it and gave it to the disciples and said: “Take, eat; this is My T
body, which is given for you. This do in remembrance of Me.”

In the same way also He took the cup after supper, and when He had given thanks, He
gave it to them, saying: “Drink of it, all of you; this cup is the new testament in My T
blood, which is shed for you for the forgiveness of sins. This do, as often as you drink it,
in remembrance of Me.”

Agnus Dei
Proclamation of Christ

P As often as we eat this bread and drink this cup, we proclaim the Lord’s death until He
comes.
C Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.

P O Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, in giving us Your body and blood to eat and
to drink, You lead us to remember and confess Your holy cross and passion, Your blessed
death, Your rest in the tomb, Your resurrection from the dead, Your ascension into
heaven, and Your coming for the final judgment. So remember us in Your kingdom and
teach us to pray:

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Sit

Distribution
Communion instructions: The Pastor invites the communicants, those who are able, to kneel
and then distributes the host which may be received into the hand or the mouth. The Elder Post-Communion Collect
distributes the individual cups. The communicants are asked to hold their cups until the Pastor
P Let us pray.
says, “Take and drink.” O God the Father, the fountain and source of all goodness, who in loving-kindness sent
Anthem The Upper Room – Don Besig Your only-begotten Son into the flesh, we thank You that for His sake You have given us
Hymn: Go to Dark Gethsemane LSB 436 pardon and peace in this Sacrament, and we ask You not to forsake Your children but
always to rule our hearts and minds by Your Holy Spirit that we may be enabled
Hymn: Soul, Adorn Yourself with Gladness LSB 636 sts. 1–4
constantly to serve You; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns
Service Note: There will be an organ interlude between stanzas 4 & 5.
with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Hymn: Soul, Adorn Yourself with Gladness LSB 636 sts. 5–8

Stand

Nunc Dimittis Benediction

Closing Hymn: The Tree of Life Printed on the next page

Postlude Jesus, Priceless Treasure [BWV 1105] – J.S. Bach

T T T

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Closing Hymn: The Tree of Life Acknowledgments
Unless otherwise indicated, all scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright ©
2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Created by
Lutheran Service Builder © 2006 Concordia Publishing House.

THOSE WHO SERVE

Pastor: Rev. James C. Walter

Director of Parish Music: Nathan Beethe
Communion Assistant: David Witte
Acolyte: Megan Gipson
Crucifer: Cole Hill
Choir: Adult Choir
Ushers: Jim Keppel, Robert Nichols
Robert Wilimzig, David Witte
Greeter: Debbie Penny
Altar Guild: Suzanne Raddle and Wilma Richter
Nursery Attendant: Mary Ann Dyer

GOOD FRIDAY
7:00 p.m. Tenebrae Service with Holy Communion

EASTER SUNDAY
6:30 a.m. Sunrise Worship Service
7:30 a.m. Breakfast in Parker Hall
8:15 a.m. Divine Service with Holy Communion
(All) All heav'n is singing, "Thanks to Christ whose Passion
offers in mercy healing, strength and pardon. 9:15 a.m. Breakfast in Parker Hall
Peoples and nations, take it, take it freely!"
Amen! My Master!
10:00 a.m. Annual Easter Egg Hunt
The Easter Egg Hunt will start promptly at 10:00 a.m. right outside of Parker Hall
Text (sts. 1–6): © 1976 K. Lee Scott Used by permission.
for all ages up to 8 years old. The eggs will be provided.
Music: © 1987 K. Lee Scott Used by permission.; admin. MorningStar Music Publishers Used by permission.

10:45 a.m. Divine Service with Holy Communion

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